Paul Mescal is addressing the speculations that he and singer Phoebe Bridgers have called it quits.
Rumors began circulating in late December 2022 that Paul and Phoebe had ended their relationship and she has moved on with comedian Bo Burnham. Some weeks later, Phoebe and Bo were seen together in an airport, further fueling speculations that they are now a couple.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Paul spoke out in response to the speculations on the status of his relationship with Phoebe. When asked about it, he stated:
“I definitely feel the temptation to say the status of my whatever—that will always be there. But I don’t think that’s a wise thing to do.
When Normal People came out, I was very forthright in interviews, and it didn’t actually serve me.”
He shared that he is tempted to just tell everyone to shut up:
“But the temptation still exists to be like, ‘Shut the f–k up. This is my life. This is what’s going on. Or this is what’s not going on.’”
Paul went on to say that now he wants to keep that part of his life private:
“But moving forward as much as I can, that’s going to be my life that is private. That’s a difficult thing to achieve. But giving strangers an answer about my life doesn’t actually help me. It’s like a quick boost of serotonin, being like, ‘I’ve said what I need to say.’ And then it’s just Twitter fodder.”
